From ca345e5b134b9f66bda73864627449d6f0d3363b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louis Rossmann Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 19:37:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] README: add front-and-center note for people sent the link Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 68860ab..a7aae36 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ # no-ai-slop-writing-rules +> # 👋 Hi, you were probably sent here. +> +> ## If someone handed you a link to this repo, it is because you sent them AI-generated shit so obviously AI-generated that they stopped reading partway through and went looking for a polite way to say "run it through a human first." +> +> Pasting raw Gemini or ChatGPT output with zero editing, or running a project with no anti-slop rules at all, is the 2026 equivalent of handing out a business card with an `@aol.com` email on it. The tool is fine. Shipping its first draft with your name on it is the part people notice. +> +> Nobody is mad that you used a model. Everybody can tell the em dashes, the "it's important to note," the "in today's fast-paced world," and the three identical paragraphs that each say nothing were not yours. Read your own output before you send it. That is the whole ask. +> +> The rules below are what "read it first" looks like written down. Steal them. + +--- + A portable Claude Code reference for writing in Louis Rossmann's voice without AI slop. It is general-purpose: essays, scripts, posts, documentation, emails, anything made of sentences. It is not tied to any wiki, CMS, or publishing system. ## What it does